SOC425H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Trade Union, Post-Structuralism
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Soc 425: lecture #2 = gender in global factories. Documentary about a girl who started her job at the factory at 13 years old. This factory was the highest paying place, hence why everyone got jobs here. Work with materials that are imported, and they put them together. Foreign companies here for the tax breaks + cheap labour. Did(cid:374)(cid:859)t like ho(cid:449) they t(cid:396)eated the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ke(cid:396)s : harassed them, contamination everywhere, no water or washroom breaks. Adhesive smells burning plastic: nose bleeds, kidney problems. Had to quit the job because the company was being moved to indonesia because the labor was cheaper. Ma(cid:374)y do(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)y is (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed to pay se(cid:448)e(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e to e(cid:373)ployed, (cid:271)ut the companies did not. Kept making more companies near the border, there were more than thousands of maquila workers. These women have learned their rights as workers: see things differently making new changes in their lives community, work place, home, etc.
